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title: "Blue Land Crab"
description: "Cardisoma guanhumi — Andere dieren. Cardisoma guanhumi, also known as the blue land crab or great land crab, is a species of land crab found in tropical and subtropical estuaries and other maritime areas of land along the Atlantic coast of the Americas from Brazil and Colombia, through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, to the Bahamas, and north to Ponce Inlet, Florida, Princess Place Preserve in Palm Coast, and Bermuda."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/blue-land-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue Land Crab

> Cardisoma guanhumi — Andere dieren. Cardisoma guanhumi, also known as the blue land crab or great land crab, is a species of land crab found in tropical and subtropical estuaries and other maritime areas of land along the Atlantic coast of the Americas from Brazil and Colombia, through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, to the Bahamas, and north to Ponce Inlet, Florida, Princess Place Preserve in Palm Coast, and Bermuda.

- Scientific name: *Cardisoma guanhumi*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9506
- Wikidata: [Q2938105](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2938105)
- iNaturalist taxon: [54952](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/54952)

## Names

- en: Blue Land Crab
- de: Westatlantische Landkrabbe
- es: Cangrejo azul de tierra
- fr: Crabe de terre commun
- pt: Guaiamu

## Countries with the most observations

US (2488), MX (1165), CR (1055), BR (737), PR (586), CO (541), CU (307), HN (257), PA (233), MQ (201), BZ (190), VI (114)

## Summary

Cardisoma guanhumi, also known as the blue land crab or great land crab, is a species of land crab found in tropical and subtropical estuaries and other maritime areas of land along the Atlantic coast of the Americas from Brazil and Colombia, through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, to the Bahamas, and north to Ponce Inlet, Florida, Princess Place Preserve in Palm Coast, and Bermuda.  The species varies in colour from dark blue to brown or pale grey, and may grow to 15 centimetres (6 in) in carapace width and weigh over 500 grams (18 oz).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardisoma_guanhumi

## Photo

![Blue Land Crab](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-land-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jade Fortnash · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32796692

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blue-land-crab?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).